Dishonest, shrill, and frumpy: Not just Hillary Clinton’s Republican opponents but also media commentators have hurled these criticisms, during this election cycle. And most Monkey Cage readers will recall the fuss about Clinton’s debate bathroom break. Given such gendered background noise, it is certainly tempting to blame Clinton’s primary losses […] Read more »
Donald Trump’s women problem
Improbably but relentlessly, Donald Trump is marching toward the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. … But Trump has an Achilles’ heel when it comes to winning a general election: He doesn’t do well at attracting women voters. Actually, that’s an understatement: He repels many of them. CONT. Doyle McManus, Los Angeles […] Read more »
Betty Friedan to Beyoncé: Today’s generation embraces feminism on its own terms
… Young women (and, increasingly, men) are still coming to the movement in strong numbers, but this feminism looks different, in many ways, than that of earlier generations. This New Wave feminism is shaped less by a shared struggle against oppression than by a collective embrace of individual freedoms, concerned […] Read more »
Why Trump may be winning the war on ‘political correctness’
… In the 2016 Republican presidential primary season, “political correctness” has become the all-purpose enemy. The candidates have suggested that it is the explanation for seemingly every threat that confronts the country: terrorism, illegal immigration, an economic recovery that is leaving many behind, to name just a few. Others argue […] Read more »
Why 49% of Americans are Angry
The “Meet the Press” panel discusses a new NBC News, SurveyMonkey, Esquire poll that explores the political issues that are making Americans angry. NBC News Read more »
Whites and Republicans Rank as Angriest Americans
Nearly half of Americans are angry, and no groups are angrier than whites and Republicans, according to a new NBC News/Survey Monkey/Esquire online poll about outrage in the country. CONT. Andrew Rafferty, NBC News Read more »